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Review of "71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance "
by: Roger
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on: 29 Jun 2013
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Review extract:
typical eliptical storytelling by Haneke using 71 scenes ranging from a single short shot to an edited sequence with themes gradually emeging from the juxtaposition of elements
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Review of "Everybody Has A Plan"
by: Roger
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Everybody Has A Plan
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on: 16 Jun 2013
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Review extract:
Really enjoyable
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Review of "Winstanley"
by: Roger
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Winstanley
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on: 09 Jun 2013
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Review extract:
Interseting fragment of english history
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Review of "Time of the Wolf"
by: Roger
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Time of the Wolf
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on: 02 Jun 2013
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Review extract:
When bad things happen to people like us how will we react
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Review of "Spirit of 45"
by: Roger
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on: 05 May 2013
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Review extract:
Wasn't the '45 Labour manifesto an amazing thing - and how have we lost sight of it ...
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Review of "Time Out"
by: Roger
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Time Out
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on: 20 Apr 2013
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Excellent picture of the hollowness and sterility of business life until the cop-out end.
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Review of "Two Years at Sea"
by: Roger
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Two Years at Sea
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on: 30 Mar 2013
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B&W documentary without any words or narrative. ...
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Review of "A Serious Man"
by: Roger
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A Serious Man
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on: 17 Mar 2013
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Review extract:
Portentous rubbish about small town american jewish life in the 1960s
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Review of "Berberian Sound Studio"
by: Roger
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Berberian Sound Studio
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on: 10 Mar 2013
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Review extract:
(Nic Knowland as DoP) Rather lost its direction in last third
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Review of "Cloud Atlas"
by: Roger
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Cloud Atlas
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on: 03 Mar 2013
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Review of "Holy Motors"
by: Roger
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Holy Motors
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on: 23 Feb 2013
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Review extract:
Only on briefly looking at the special feature interview with the director did it become clear that Leos Carax is an incoherent gibbon hiding behind dark glasses and a gallic stubble making gnomic remarks to a sycophantic interviewer and that there ...
Full review 62 words
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Review of "Even the Rain"
by: Roger
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Even the Rain
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on: 02 Feb 2013
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Review extract:
Very good
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Review of "Jackpot"
by: Roger
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Jackpot
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on: 18 Jan 2013
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Review extract:
Shades of Usual Suspects, Lock Stock…, Shallow Grave - comedy mixed in with the thriller. ...
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Review of "The Angels Share"
by: Roger
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The Angels Share
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on: 12 Jan 2013
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Review extract:
Unlike Kes in this one there IS a happy ending
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Review of "Great Expectations"
by: Roger
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on: 02 Jan 2013
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Review extract:
Miss Haversham (HB-C) not very good, seemed to be only one street in London, OK but not the best (1946) and anyway it is not a very good story.
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Review of "The Life of Pi (3D)"
by: Roger
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The Life of Pi (3D)
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on: 28 Dec 2012
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Very good telling of the tale, technically superb and true to the amazing spirit of the story by Yann Martell
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Review of "Mirror"
by: Roger
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Mirror
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on: 13 Dec 2012
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long and difficult
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Review of "Kes"
by: Roger
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on: 20 Nov 2012
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Review extract:
It has held up well
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Review of "Paprika"
by: Roger
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on: 15 Oct 2012
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Psychedelic trippy fantasy shown here as part of a season of Philip K Dick related films quite rightly. ...
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Review of "Anna Karenina"
by: Roger
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Anna Karenina
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on: 03 Oct 2012
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Review extract:
Very interesting style of film making - very good flowing between scenes and vignettes creating a uniquely filmic vision. ...
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Review of "Le Harve"
by: Roger
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Le Harve
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on: 25 Sep 2012
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Fantasy realism - stylised and gritty, are we in the 50s or the noughties. ...
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Review of "The Salt of Life"
by: Roger
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on: 23 Sep 2012
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Review extract:
Billed as a comedy, but not in the laugh out loud sense. ...
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Review of "Headhunters"
by: Roger
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on: 11 Sep 2012
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Review extract:
Brilliant convoluted tale of Nordic darkness - OTT in the resilience to violence (rather like Essential Killing - is this a modern theme?)
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Review of "Essential Killing"
by: Roger
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Essential Killing
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on: 26 Aug 2012
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Review extract:
gripping
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Review of "The Princess of Montpensier"
by: Roger
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The Princess of Montpensier
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on: 05 Aug 2012
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Review extract:
Simply excellent, atmospheric and engaging, interesting characters and the story brilliantly told/observed. ...
Full review 35 words
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